Talk:Violone

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Tuning

What are its strings tuned to? Surely this is a basic fact that should not be omitted from this article.

Bass Violin

On the cello discussion page I have posted an objection to describing the Violone as a viol in the context of the derivation of name Violoncello; I'll add a line here in the article. Sparafucil 20:15, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The violone is a viol--the largest size. No question. The presence of the root "viol-" in the word "violoncello" is a vestigial etymological holdover, nothing more. Badagnani 20:16, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Italian root is "viola", not "viol". The term "violone" was used for a large viol (viola da gamba) and for a large violin (viola da braccio). Corelli, for example, in the seventeenth century used "violone" to mean a cello-like instrument, larger than a typical modern cello, tuned CGda. I have recently amended the part of the cello article that talks about this etymology. This is well documented in Grove Music Online and in the research of Stephen Bonta, among others --HenryPurcell (talk) 03:50, 22 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Violone obsolete?

I don't think it should be described as obsolete (unless you are going to describe all the viol family, recorders, lutes, etc as obsolete). I know people who play the violone and at least one person who builds them. Bluewave 16:52, 17 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox

The related instruments section of the new infobox is not good, as it includes way too many instruments that are not closely related. Badagnani (talk) 01:08, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed it. See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Musical Instruments.

__Just plain Bill (talk) 07:17, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Article progress

Wow, this article has improved alot since I was here last. Kudos! BassHistory (talk) 18:33, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]